Tuition Waivers should be submitted as early as possible after registering for a course. Delayed submission could result in late fee charges or course cancellation. If the waiver is submitted late and is not posted to your tuition invoice, you may need to consider enrolling in the NKU Installment Plan to avoid being removed from classes.
Northern Kentucky University (NKU) offers a tuition waiver program to promote the professional and personal development of its faculty and staff and to provide an important benefit for their families.
Employees are eligible to utilize tuition waivers for undergraduate, graduate, and law classes, as provided below.
Spouses and dependents are eligible to utilize tuition waivers for undergraduate classes at NKU, as provided below.
Employees with Full-time Status
Faculty/Tenured
Legal Spouse and Eligible
Dependents of Above
Employees with Part-Time Status
Legal Spouse and Eligible Dependents of Above
Visiting Faculty with Full-Time Status
Legal Spouse and Eligible Dependents of Above
Faculty with Part-Time Status
Legal Spouses and Eligible Dependents of Above
Waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
Waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
Waiver of up to three credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
Waiver of up to three credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
After completing one academic year of continous service, waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
Beginning in the emplyee's fourth academic year of continuous service, waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
After teaching two semesters or summer over the course of one academic year of continuous service, waiver of up to three credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
No Waiver.
Waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
No Waiver.
Waiver of up to three credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
No Waiver.
After completing one academic year of continous service, waiver of up to six credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
No Waiver.
After teaching two semesters or summer over the course of one academic year of continuous service, waiver of up to three credit hours per semester (fall, spring, and entire summer term).
No Waiver.
B. OTHER ELIGIBILITY TERMS
Summer term: In each category, the credit-hour maximum applies to the entire summer term (i.e., all summer sessions in a given summer).
Probationary employees not eligible: A staff employee must have successfully completed the initial probationary employment period before the first day of class for which the employee or associated spouse/dependent is registered in order for that individual to use the tuition waiver for that semester or summer.
Eligible dependents: An eligible dependent is one who is an unmarried natural child, adopted child, stepchild, or legal ward who is less than 24 years of age as of the first day of the semester for which the class is offered and who is claimed as a dependent by the employee for income tax purposes based on IRS guidelines. In the case of legal separation or divorce, a natural or adopted child or legal ward may participate in this program regardless of which parent declares the child as a dependent for income tax purposes.
Admissions requirements: Individuals receiving the tuition benefit must first meet relevant admissions requirements.
Employees who are also spouses/dependents: If an individual is both an employee and an eligible spouse/dependent of an employee, then the individual may receive the greater tuition waiver (e.g., a part-time employee who is the eligible spouse/dependent of a full-time employee may receive a waiver of up to six (6) credit hours). No individual may receive a waiver of more than six (6) credit hours per semester/entire summer term.
